These were not bonuses, as in extra pay they wouldn’t have normally gotten. It’s hard to understand but this for mainlanders, but ‘Christmas Bonuses’ are legislated into wage and hour laws in Puerto Rico. Normally 6% of employees salaries - public or private - up to $10,000.00 is paid out in the first half of December. This is just like a Christmas Club savings account. Employers figure this legislated payroll expense into people’s salaries. I know this “benefit” costs me 30 cents an hour per employee, so I pay them that much less per hour throughout the year and then pay it in lump sum just before Christmas. It’s just a local idiosyncrasy already figured into budgets. That’s what the governor paid out. He had to.
Well you are right there, it does sound difficult for "mainlanders" to understand, because this is is a 'local idiosyncracy'.
Sounds like a ponzi scheme of some kind-factored into the pay for this year, but paid out of next year's budget.
It does make the talk of American "genocide" by Trump's supposed lack of money from the Federal Government from the Mayor of San Juan far more understandable. Anything to divert people from actually looking at her own books.
Oh yes indeed. Heaven forbid that bankrupt and defaulted P. R. Even try to cut back on government expenditures. The people their snivel and whine for government relief but won’t do much of anything for themselves. That stupid puta mayor Cruz along with pendejos truck drivers union are perfect examples. P.R. Has corruption and bad attitude and that’s about all.
That sounds like a lot of money in the wrong hands for sake of a local idiosyncrasy. Banco Unpopular!